Brake for hose-carriages



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P. J. OOONEY.

' BRAKE FOR HOSE CARRIAGES. No. 341,455. Patented May 11, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK J. GOONEY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BRAKE FOR HOSE-CARRIAGES.

a SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,455, dated May 11, 1886.

Application filed January 14, I886. Serial No. 188,572.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK J. CooNEY, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Brake Attachments for Hose- Carriages, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure]. is a side elevation of a hose-car riage with my improvement applied. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view showing part of the frame of thewagon and part of my attachment.

My invention relates to an improved form of brake attachment to the wagon; and it consists in features of novelty, hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a hose-carriage of any wellknown construction.

B represents a bracket secured to the frame 0 of the carriage by bolts D. This bracket has an extension, F, to which one end of the spring G on this side of the rear part of the carriage is secured.

(No model.)

H represents another bracket seen red to the frame 0 by bolts I. This bracket has an extension, J. to receive the hub K of the brakebar M. The outer ends of the extensions F and J are connected by astrengthening-plate, N. By this arrangei'nent the brake or bar can be connected to any hose-carriage in a short time, and, if broken, can be replaced by another by simply removing the bolts I, and by removing the nuts of the projections F and J.

I claim as my invention- The combination, in a hose-carriage, of the frame (I, brackets B H, bolted to the frame, and having extensions F and J, spring G, secured to the extensions F, brake-bar M, secured to the extension J, and plate N, connecting the extensions, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

PATRICK J. COONEY.

In presence of- SAML. KNIGHT, EDW. S. KNIGHT. 

